In brief: Southaven Junior Golf Tournament begins sign-up

Registration is under way for the Southaven Junior Golf Tournament on July 13 at the Southaven Golf Center, 8925 Swinnea Road.

The tournament is free, and the tee times range from 8 to 10:30 a.m. from five age groups: 6-7, 8-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17.

Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in each division. Participants also will get pizza and soft drinks.

United States Golf Association rules apply.

To register, call (662) 393-0370 or PGA instructor David Dixon at (901) 462-4715.

-- Chris Van Tuyl

Car strikes, kills Tunica woman

An 18-year-old woman was killed when she was struck by a car in DeSoto County Friday night.

Annie Lipsey of Tunica was pronounced dead on the scene on U.S. 61, just north of Green River Road, DeSoto County Coroner Jeff Pounders said.

Lipsey and her boyfriend were apparently walking back toward a store after one of the tires on their car blew out, Pounders said.

Lipsey stepped into traffic and was struck by a Monte Carlo. The boyfriend wasn't injured.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.

-- Jody Callahan

Cancer deaths draw attention

MOSS POINT -- A Memphis-based group is looking into what it believes are too many cancer deaths in Moss Point.

The Mississippi Press reports that Operation Help Civil Rights Group has been gathering water and soil samples in the Moss Point area. The group's president, Wendol Lee, says samples also will be taken around Lucedale.

Lee says his organization received about 56 letters in a month, all saying there were too many cancer deaths in the area.

According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, 286 Jackson County residents died of cancer in 2010. That equates to nearly 205 cancer deaths per 100,000 population.

Officials at Singing River Health System Regional Cancer Center say there is little data that suggests Moss Point might be part of a cancer cluster.